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Averroes’s Cosmology: The Middle Commentary on the De Caelo of Aristotle 2017–2018
In his commentaries on Aristotle’s De caelo, Averroes aimed to rethink the foundations of Aristotelian cosmology. The aim of the seminar is 1) to bring to light the principles which underlie Averroes’ project and to situate this project in the large scale history of the cosmological doctrines taking their starting point in Aristotle’s De caelo ; 2) to describe Averroes’ exegetical methods, varying with the format taken on by his commentaries. A special attention will be paid to his ‘formalist’ style and to his efforts to show that Aristotle’s exposition conforms maximally to the demonstrative model of the Posterior Analytics.
We intend to produce a French annotated translation of Averroes’ Middle Commentary on the De Caelo with a view to reconstructing a key moment in the history of medieval cosmological doctrines. This work will be carried out by combining the skills of science and philosophy historians, as well as Arabists, Hebraists and Latinists, this commentary being available in Hebrew and Latin.
We intend to produce a French annotated translation of Averroes’ Middle Commentary on the De Caelo with a view to reconstructing a key moment in the history of medieval cosmological doctrines. This work will be carried out by combining the skills of science and philosophy historians, as well as Arabists, Hebraists and Latinists, this commentary being available in Hebrew and Latin.
Organizer : Ahmad Hasnaoui (CNRS).
Seminar of the UMR 7219, CNRS-Paris 7 Diderot University with EPHE and Paris I University.
PROGRAM 2017-2018
Sessions on Fridays, 2:30pm to 5:30pm, at University Paris Diderot, Room 483A*.
| # | Date | Theme | Speaker |
| 1 | F 6/10 | Révision de la traduction de CMDC II,2. Les directions du monde |
A. Hasnaoui (CNRS, CHSPAM–SPHERE) |
| 2 | F 17/11 | Révision de la traduction de CMDC II 4. La sphéricité du monde |
V. Cordonier (CNRS, CHSPAM–SPHERE) |
| 3 | F 1/12 | Révision de la traduction de CMDC II 4. La sphéricité du monde |
V. Cordonier |
| 4 | F 19/1/2018 | Révision de la traduction de CMDC II 4. La sphéricité du monde Révision de la traduction de CMDC II, 8. Le mouvement des astres. |
V. Cordonier E. Mazet (Université Lille 3) |
| 5 | F 9/2 | Révision de la traduction de CMDC II, 8. Le mouvement des astres. |
E. Mazet (Université Lille 3) |
| 6 | F 16/3 | Révision de la traduction de CMDC II, 7. La nature des astres et le problème de la chaleur et de l’illumination célestes. |
Z. Bou Akl (Centre Jean Pépin-CNRS/ENS) et Y. Adouhane (Univ. Paris-Sorbonne/ENS Ulm) |
| 7 | F 6/4 | Révision de la traduction de CMDC II, 5-6. Direction et régularité de la rotation du premier ciel. |
Traduction: O. El Mernissi (UMR STL et CHSPAM–SPHERE), Z. Bou Akl (Centre Jean Pépin), Y. Adouhane (Univ. Paris-Sorbonne/ENS Ulm) Révision: A. Hasnaoui (CHSPAM-SPHERE) |
| 8 | V 18/5 !! salle Rothko, 412B !! |
"Révision de la traduction de CMDC II, 5-6. Direction et régularité de la rotation du premier ciel." |
Traduction: Otman El Mernissi (UMR STL, Lille 3/CNRS et CHSPAM–SPHERE), avec la collaboration de Ziad Bou Akl ((Centre Jean Pépin-CNRS/ENS) et de Yamina Adouhane (Université Paris-Sorbonne/ENS Ulm) Révision: Ahmad Hasnaoui (CHSPAM/SPHERE) |
| 9 | V 25/5 | -"Révision de la traduction de CMDC II, 5-6. Direction et régularité de la rotation du premier ciel." -"Révision de la traduction de CMDC II, 9. L’harmonie des sphères" Edmond Mazet (Université Lille3) |
Traduction: Otman El Mernissi (UMR STL, Lille 3/CNRS et CHSPAM–SPHERE), avec la collaboration de Ziad Bou Akl ((Centre Jean Pépin-CNRS/ENS) et de Yamina Adouhane (Université Paris-Sorbonne/ENS Ulm) Révision: Ahmad Hasnaoui (CHSPAM/SPHERE) |
| 10 | V 8/6 !! salle Rothko, 412B !! |
- "Révision de la traduction de CMDC II, 6. Régularité de la rotation du premier ciel." - "Révision de la traduction de CMDC II,9. L’harmonie des sphères" Edmond Mazet (Université Lille3) |
Traduction: Otman El Mernissi (UMR STL, Lille 3/CNRS et CHSPAM–SPHERE), avec la collaboration de Ziad Bou Akl ((Centre Jean Pépin-CNRS/ENS) et de Yamina Adouhane (Université Paris-Sorbonne/ENS Ulm) Révision: Ahmad Hasnaoui (CHSPAM/SPHERE) |
| 11 | V 22/6 |
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